Jim Henderson wrote:
> Well, *most* of those illegal activities (with the possible exception of 
> teens sleeping with each other) don't generally cause things like 
> automobile accidents.  This is a generally different class of problem 
> that we're talking about.

Fair dinkum.

> I think we've got enough laws to cover "reckless driving" without having 
> to legislate "you can't eat a cheeseburger", "you can't talk on a phone", 
> "you can't read a book".

I think part of the problem is that people are really bad at judging 
low-risk activities.  People wouldn't know that talking on the phone is 
dangerous if you didn't get the word out, and legislators get the word out 
by passing laws.

Granted, if you don't realize that trying to type a text message while you 
drive is dangerous, you're stupid, but...

I think that comes from when they pass laws saying "you can't talk on the 
phone", but people don't want to adjust their habits of doing work while 
driving.

> LOL.  My wife has a habit of writing on Livejournal after having had a 
> bit to drink.  Her friends really enjoy those posts. :-)

It's funky. I have no problem at all, but even one or two mouthfuls of wine 
are enough to multiply my typos several-fold. Clearly you can be impaired 
and not feel it in the least. Whether it's bad enough to ruin your driving 
depends on how well you drive before that, I guess.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   There's no CD like OCD, there's no CD I knoooow!

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